Londoners Magazine Please mind the Tango dancers
By Lydia Mossahebi • Jul 7th, 2008 • Category: NewsIt won’t just be fellow miserable commuters you will have to dodge your way past on the tubes at 6pm; but tonight you may find a couple dancing the Tango in front of you.
Between 6-7pm tonight Tangoing couples will take to seven bridges and seven stations to commemorate the July 7 bombings, and as part of the wider Big Dance 2008 initiative in the capital. The idea is that dancers will dance “compassionately and connected” together to remember July 7 2005.
The dancers will dance in silence, sharing iPods to keep in time. The brain behind the ‘Tango Commute’ is German-born dancer Thomas Lindner, who describes the Tango as “hugging musically” and wants to cheer up the evening commute.
If you want to catch them in action, the couples will be dancing at:
Stations:
Victoria
Paddington
Waterloo
Euston
Kings Cross
Liverpool Street
London Bridge station
Bridges:
Westminster
Charing Cross
Waterloo
Blackfriars
Southwark
London
Tower
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